The Cold War Timeline By eweime12 Jan 1, 1945 A Bomb Jan 1, 1946 Iron Curtain Jan 1, 1947 Truman Doctrine Feb 9, 1950 Joe MCcarthey Which Hunt Jun 25, 1950 the Korean War Jan 1, 1954 KGB Jan 1, 1955 U.S involvement in Vietnam increases Jan 1, 1956 Suez Canal Jan 1, 1957 Sputnik Jan 1, 1959 Cuba taken over by Fidel Castor Jan 1, 1960 Mercury Apr 17, 1961 Bay Of Pigs Invasion Aug 13, 1961 The completion of The Berlin Wall Jan 1, 1965 The Dominican Republic Jan 1, 1968 The Chech Revolt Jan 1, 1979 Soviet troops in Afghanistan May 25, 1989 Mikhail Gorbachev becomes president Nov 9, 1989 Berlin wall Destroyed